BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- The Obama administration is taking steps to extend new federal protections to a list of imperiled animals and plants that reads like a manifest for Noah's Ark - from the melodic golden-winged warbler and slow-moving gopher tortoise, to the slimy American eel and tiny Texas kangaroo rat....
Hundreds Of Plants, Animals Up For New Protections
By MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press
Thu, 09/29/2011 - 3:23am
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